The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has described as very unfortunate a statement credited to the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) on the fuel supply situation, especially Premium Motor Spirit (petrol).

No fewer than 42 firms have bided for the rehabilitation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Information Technology Division (ITD) Centres
The Group General Manager, Information Technology Division of the NNPC, Mr. DanladiInuwa made this disclosure during the bid opening at the NNPC Towers in Abuja .
Represented by the General Manager, Core IT Infrastructure of the Corporation, Mr. MuhammaduUsman, Mr. Inuwa said the eventual winners would rehabilitate the Corporation’s IT Centers in Abuja, Benin, Port Harcourt, Lagos, Kaduna and Warri.
Mr. Inuwa stated that the NNPC was desirous of engaging reputable and competent IT firms that could rehabilitate its critical assets in order to provide a conducive IT working condition for its various stakeholders and members of staff to ensure unimpeded operations and efficient service delivery.
The GGM noted that the bid opening was conducted openly in the full glare of representatives of the bidding companies to demonstrate NNPC’s commitment to transparency and due process in all its operations.
Speaking in similar vein, the Group General Manager, Supply Chain Management, Mr. ShehuLiman, represented by Manager, Strategic Sourcing and Contract Management, Engr. Sandy Heman, said the bid opening process was in compliance with the Bureau of Public Procurement Act.
He assured the bidders of a level playing ground that would guarantee the emergence of the best companies among them.
Some of the bidding companies who witnessed the public bid opening expressed their satisfaction with the conduct of the exercise, describing the corporation as a transparent company that operates according to the dictates of best global standards. The public bid opening is part of the Corporation’s commitment to transparency as a Focused, Accountable, Competitive and Transparent organization, conducting its business with Integrity (FACTI) principle.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja reiterated Federal Government’s determination to continually review and strengthen ongoing reforms in the agriculture sector “until Nigeria regains its pride of place as  food exporting country.”

Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru Friday said that the landing cost of petroleum products that should be sold in the pump without under-recovery should be N171.40, but that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the corporation should maintain all the parameters to ensure that it is sold at N145 per liter.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday advised the federal government and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) not to issue any New Year message to Nigerians, saying earlier promises made were not fulfilled.